hankchifan

No. But we have a few fourth liners in our starting line up now.

Sox are looking like the Blackhawks of late. A core of stars with a minor league/ journeymen supporting cast. We need to upgrade the supporting cast.

He has to be better than Collins or Sevy.

I agree. We already had good relievers. Our principal need was a good defensive outfielder with power to play RF or a good catcher. That is where we should have spent our resources not on a reliever in my opinion.

How many losses were caused by questionable TLR decisions? How many by bad defense? Bad pitching? Lack of hitting with RISP? These are probably the major reasons?.

You pitch to Vlad on an RBI situation in a one run game with first base open does not help, like tonight. Bad bullpen management does not help. Failure to hit and run and keep hitting into double plays does not help. Bad OF and catcher defense does not help. Amongst others.....

Right on. But we also let Vlad drive the first run on a 3-0 count and first base open. And we keep hitting into double plays, and never adjust with a hit and run. If the home runs don’t come, we lose with old style station to station ball.

What are they waiting to bring Sheets back up.

You can’t, not only offensively but defensively. When you throw Goodwin, Mendick, and Zeby in the same lineup, you are too exposed and it is hard to win.

Or Joey Gallo?

Seby’s D is getting progressively worse. He has been a passed ball machine. No way he can catch theKimbrel breaking pitches. Although the 0-2 pitch byKimbrel was terrible, particularly with Seby catching. Wish we had McCann still in the team.

Particularly if we do not hit and run with Abreu and Vaughn. Is TLR napping again? Call the friggin hit and run. Abreu and Vaughn are double play hitting machines on the sinker. Can we ever adjust strategies?

Need to bring Sheets up. Why do we need some many relievers if we can’t score runs.

Man, this defensive combo of Goodwin, Mendick and Seby makes you hold your breath several times a game. Glad Robert was in CF on that line drive in the 4 th.

Right on.

Vaughn is not an RBI machine. He can’t hit with RISP lately.

We have to hit and run with both Abreu and Vaughn whenever possible.

Many impatient hitters. Not working the count. Many swing and misses. No hit and runs to force good at bats and moving the infield around. Poor moving the runners over. Madrigal was one of our most patients hitters who worked the count but he is not on the team any more.

What about hit and running with Vaughn at bat. Another friggin double play. Back to station to station baseball waiting for a home run.

It’s on NBC Sports Chicago with Benetti and Gordo.

He is following Rizzo script...

We need these guys pretty badly. Our bench is pretty thin, and we need Grandal OBP and punch and Engel D so we can sit down Goodwin.

Then we will need to have a MLB lineup.

Please leave Mendick off the list. His D sucks.

That would be great if we have better replacements available. Particularly Goodwin in CF/OF and Mendick as SS backup would be disastrous in the playoffs.